This page shows a scale model of the solar system, shrunken down to the point where the Sun, normally more than eight hundred thousand miles across, is the size you see it here. The planets are shown in corresponding scale. Unlike most models, which are compressed for viewing convenience, the planets here are also shown at their true-to-scale average distances from the Sun. That makes this page rather large – on an ordinary 72 dpi monitor it’s just over half a mile wide, making it possibly one of the largest pages on the web.
Daily Archives: September 1, 2010
Oblogligation
sciencegeekgirl: The Magic of the Middle Division: Changing classroom norms (#aaptsm10)
There’s just one more talk that I wanted to share with any of you who couldn’t be there – another delightful presentation from Corinne Manogue of Oregon State University. Corinne is a colleague, we’ve both been working on creating new activities for use in physics courses beyond the introductory courses, though I’ve been focusing on the junior years and she’s firmly planted in the sophomore level. Still, I’ve used many of her activities from the sophomore level to enhance our junior course, and I just find her approach inspiring.
I took a “math methods of physics” class from Corinne (er, Prof. Manogue) back in the day, hence my feeling of oblogligation to link to a post about her.